Podcast Episodes

France’s Second Nuclear Renaissance?

Season 10 Episode 3

Dr. Keefer sits down in Glasgow with Carine de Boissezon, who is the Chief Sustainability Officer at the French electric utility Électricité de France. Carine brings a valuable inside perspective on …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Will the Revolution be Funded?

Season 10 Episode 2

Decouple mobile studios reports from Glasgow, Scotland, where Dr. Keefer and other pro-nuclear advocates are attending COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference. Dr. Keefer is joined in-person by …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Michael Shellenberger: A Heretic Among Heretics

Season 10 Episode 1

In this episode, I am joined by returning guest Michael Shellenberger. We briefly discuss his new book San Fransicko, which, like his best-seller Apocalypse Never, takes a heterodox stance on an issu…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Its Gas or Nuclear, you Pickering

Season 9 Episode 10

In this special episode, I am joined live by filmmaker Jesse Freeston on the sunny beach in front of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, which provides Ontario with 3.2 GW of carbon-free electr…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Sayonara Nuclear? Japan’s Energy Transitions

Season 9 Episode 9

I am joined by Yuriy Humber, founder of Japan NRG, to discuss Japan’s complex relationship with nuclear technology and its energy issues past and present. The first and only wartime victim of atomic …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Ted Nordhaus Deconstructs Degrowth

Season 9 Episode 8

I am joined by returning guest and co-founder of The Breakthrough Institute, Ted Nordhaus, to discuss degrowth as a proposed solution to climate change and other environmental issues.

Nordhaus has wr…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Emmet Penney and the Nuclear Barbarians

Season 9 Episode 7

I am joined by returning guest Emmet Penney to discuss his new project, Nuclear Barbarians. The project is Emmet’s own brand of nuclear advocacy, differing starkly from most of the pro-nuclear moveme…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

How to Feed a Warming Planet

Season 9 Episode 6

In a change of pace for Decouple, I am joined by Dr. Channa Prakash for a wide-ranging discussion on crop science and agriculture. We discuss biotechnology, its history, and the great positive change…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Europe's Winter of Discontent

Season 9 Episode 5

I am joined again by Mark Nelson to speak on the energy shocks tearing through Europe and Asia. What are its causes, and what will its consequences be?

The crisis comes on the heels of what academics…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Illinois' Nuclear Near-Death Experience

Season 9 Episode 4

I am joined by returning guest of Madi Czerwinski, founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, to reflect on the recent win for Illinois low-carbon power. This win was the last-minute reversal …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago